Wednesday, December 07, 2011

"Three Stooges" Looks Worse Than You Thought

Apple has the trailer for the Farrelly Bros. modern reboot of "The Three Stooges." I'll post an embed when I get one, but for now go and feel my pain.
Ye gods, what did anyone do to deserve this? For all the care taken to get the actors looking "right" and match the old-timey sound effects; how did NO ONE notice (or care) that they have NONE of the actual Stooges' gift for physical comedy? And are we really, honestly doing "sexy nun" jokes in 2011?

Ya know I usually have this little tick, with bad comedies I find myself laughing at the shitty punchlines and gags anyways, I guess out of some sense of shock that they had the audacity to do whatever it was they were doing.

As a fan of the Stooges from a young age, that was especially painful to watch. Especially the last bit at the end with the Moe "having a present" for Snooki. Moe may have been a jerk, but at least he had the common courtesy NOT TO DO THAT KINDA THING TO A LADY! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna wash that trailer out of my mind with one of my favorite Stooge shorts that's actually pretty damn funny. Maybe "Men in Black", which was the only one of 'em to receive an Oscar nod. *goes to YouTube* Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard... XD

Oh, and Anonymous 4:03, that's a totally unfair comparison. At least Bob's deadpan humor makes me laugh as well as keeps me informed. I hesitate to make this comparison, but he's similar to George Carlin in that regard. :)

I have a really hard time judging this. I mean, I know I'm not laughing, but I don't know _why_ I'm not laughing.

Then I tried to think of the last time I enjoyed a physical comedy movie with weird characters _at all_.

This is what I came up with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4i_woBTF8

Which is incredibly understated by comparison both to what goes on in this trailer

I could bring up other recent examlpes of physical comedy, like the pink panther 2, or even the older ones, like dumb and dumber? Even _those_ don't try as hard, or are as overstated as the comedy in this trailer...and dumb dumber tries ridiculously hard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE7gINaS5o

Here's the thing: What makes the new trailer bad is, for the most part, the similarities with the original stooges skits, rather than the differences. I'm inclined to say that you couldn't make a 3 stooges movie today even with the perfect cast, which this probably isn't.

I might be wrong though. None of the physical comedy trailers I've looked up on youtube have made me laugh. The one that came closest was this one:

You're being too harsh about this film. Sure, The Stooges are in modern times but do you think they could have fit anywhere else? The response: probably, but the writers felt that they belong in 2012 for the latest generation to laugh at their antics and hopefully check out the classic shorts that inspired their revival. Similar to how 'The Muppets' brought back the lovable felt creatures back from extinctions, despite their ads turning me off from seeing the film at first, 'The Three Stooges' (2012) looks like it will tickle a funny bone here and make us laugh at how we live in Jersey Shore loving, tech-savvy, and womanizing world. I have to wonder why Steven Collins joined the project. 'No Ordinary Family' wasn't bad. He wasn't my first choice as the villain, like he'll be in the film but like 'Family', it can work. Jennifer Hudson? All for the money and wanting to return to theaters after being part of the 'Sex and the City' film series in 2008.

@Sofie_Liv_Pedersen What were the other two? I mean, we all caught the Lobster Bit (Which I really enjoyed, to be honest) So what were the other two?

@Dev's_Media_Reviews I'm with you man. I saw nothing in this trailer that felt even the least bit un-Stoogie to me. Frankly, this is how I'd imagine the Stooges acting no matter what era they're in. I think these people are falling into internet mob-mentality mode about this. Frankly, I'm willing to at least see it before uncatagorically declairing it sucks. And yes, I recognize that it might suck. But I don't see anything here to convince me of that.

Also, @KevinCV I'd actually impale her f##king eyes on my fingers, Freddy style! As far as I'm concerned, Moe can do whatever he wants to that bitch!

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Bob is a part-time independent filmmaker, part-time amateur film critic and full time Movie Geek. He is heterosexual, a pisces, and a severely lapsed Catholic. He is a tireless enemy of censorship, considers his personal politics "Libertine" and enjoys acting as a full time irritant to overly serious people of ALL political stripes.